What it costs to join
Homeowners never pay us. Tradespeople pay for the jobs they choose to quote on. Every price below is what actually leaves your account, VAT included.
Your first job is on us
Whatever it costs — including an urgent one. Take the first job you actually want and we cover it. We would rather you found out whether this works for you on our money than on yours.
Not VAT registered? The big number is what leaves your account. Most sole traders are under the £90,000 threshold, and for them the VAT is real money out that cannot be claimed back — so we show that figure first.
VAT registered? You reclaim the VAT, so the figure in brackets is your real cost. It is on every price on this page.
What a job costs to take
The price depends on the size of the job and on how many trades got there before you. At most three trades can take the same job.
| Homeowner’s budget | You are first | You are second | You are third |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under £500 | £12 | £9 | £6 |
| £500 to £3,000 | £24 | £18 | £12 |
| £3,000 to £15,000 | £48 | £36 | £24 |
| Over £15,000 | £72 | £54 | £36 |
| Not sure yet | £24 | £18 | £12 |
Emergencies cost more, and they are yours alone at first
A job someone needs tonight is priced higher than the same job priced idly — a midnight call-out is £48 rather than £12, because you will almost certainly win it and you are giving up your evening.
An urgent job is yours alone for 20 minutes before anyone else can take it. Three people ringing a family with no heating is noise, not choice, and you should know you are the one going.
Why the price drops if you are not first
Quoting against two trades who got there first is a longer shot than quoting on your own, so you pay less to take it on. We tell you how many places are left before you decide, and the price you see is the price you pay.
Membership
You can create an account, build a profile and look at jobs near you without paying anything or entering a card.
| Plan | Per month | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | £0 | A profile, and you can see jobs near you. Buy any job you want, one at a time, at the prices above. No card until you buy. |
There is only one plan. There is no subscription, no monthly fee and no contract — you pay for a job when you take it, and nothing when you do not.
We may add a paid plan later. When we do it will be because it does something, and it will be on this page before it is in your account.
What a normal month looks like
Say you take four jobs of around £1,000 each — one where you got there first, one where you were second, one third, and one more first. On the free plan, with no membership to pay:
Four jobs, free plan
per month- Four jobs taken
- £78 (£65 + VAT)
- Membership
- nothing on the free plan
- Total out
- £78
If you win one of those four, which is about normal, that is what the work cost you to find.
If a job turns out to be no good
Tell us and we credit it back. A wrong number, a homeowner who has already had the work done, a job that is nothing like the description — those are on us, not you.
Credit goes back to your balance rather than your card, and we aim to decide within five working days. A homeowner who simply has not answered yet is not a bad job — give them three working days first.
We tell the homeowner when a job is reported, and why. Usually it is something they can fix in a minute — a mistyped number, or work they have since had done — and telling them is how the next trade does not waste money on the same problem.
What we will not do
- Sell the same job to more than three trades
- Charge you a price different from the one shown on the job
- Take a cut of what you charge the homeowner
- Tie you into a contract to get a cheaper price per job
Joining before the jobs are here
We are new, and being honest about it: there are no homeowners posting yet in most areas. If you join now you will be the first trade in your trade and county, which means you get first refusal on everything that comes in — and you pay nothing until you take a job you want.